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By Katherine Long Editor Continuing a longstanding tradition of faith and service at Bishop Ludden Jr./Sr. High School in Syracuse, a new class of senior Eucharistic Ministers was commissioned at the school’s All Saints Day Mass Nov. 1. Father Dan Muscalino, who teaches religion, Latin, and Greek at Ludden,…

JOHNSON CITY — St. James School students in grades 3 through 6 worked with Lockheed Martin employees to interact with the Lego WeDo learning tools Nov. 3. Students were introduced to robotics, engineering, programming, and general STEM teaching through a robot-based learning system. Please follow and like us:

By Katherine Long, Editor Sister Helena Burns, FSP, international speaker and digital communication expert, shared her media expertise with dozens of parish communicators Nov. 9 as the diocesan Office of Communications hosted “Becoming Digital Catholics,” a day of learning and networking at Immaculate Conception Parish in Fayetteville. In two talks…

Catholic Charities agencies throughout the diocese serve the needs of their communities every day of the year, but the fall and winter months are times of special need. Listed below are just a few ways to find or offer support through Catholic Charities in the coming weeks. Broome County …

He’s ready to deliverhis lively talk at churches, schools By Tom Maguire Associate editor There is the Book of Life and then there are — one hopes — the not incompatible religious-cartoon books of Dan Reynolds, replete with puns and zany confessions — all of them forgivable. The Brewerton artist’s…

By Katherine Long Editor “We had intended to go to Texas, to Houston, to teach others about something,” Mike Melara said. Instead, “we went to Texas and we ended up learning — learning something about disasters and the human spirit and the role we can play in comforting people.” …

By Katherine Long Editor Two years of study and prayer concluded with contagious joy Nov. 4 as the diocese’s newest lay ecclesial ministers were commissioned by Bishop Robert J. Cunningham. The commissioning ceremony at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception served as a graduation of sorts for the 22…

Every year, he counts on the efforts of those who are homebound By Tom Maguire Associate editor The homebound, the elderly, and the sick have enormous power, Deacon John Falge says. “Their prayers got me ordained,” he said. “What more could they ask? Like a big prayer to St. Jude…

Radiating joy, he ensures that men conform to 4 pillars By Tom Maguire Associate editor One week in the fall and one week in the spring, Father John D. Manno heads to four seminaries to meet with diocesan men studying for the priesthood. He bears episcopal greetings and a message expressed mainly…

By Father Jason C. Hage Something is stirring in the Diocese of Syracuse. With the shortage of priests, we all have had to face new realities. We know that things cannot continue as they have in the past. Some can see this reality as cause for fear or trepidation, but…